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High sensitivity to carcinogens in the brain of a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Oncogene - 15 Apr 2010
Serrano J, Fernández A P, Martínez-Murillo R, Martínez A
Abstract excerpt
Cancer and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are commonly found among elderly patients. Chronic inflammation is the characteristic of both diseases. Amyloid-beta peptide is the main inducer of inflammation in AD. Moreover, chronic inflammation promotes cancer, suggesting that AD patients may be more prone to develop cancer than non-demented people. To test this hypothesis, we injected the carcinogen 20-methylcholanthrene...
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